Letters from a Stoic

Name: Letters from a Stoic
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ISBN: 9780140442106

ISBN-10: 0140442103

ISBN-13: 9780140442106

Edition: 1969

Authors: Seneca, Robin Campbell, Robin Campbell, Robin Campbell

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The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (c.4B.C.-A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were in conflict with his Stoic beliefs. Nevertheless he was the outstanding figure of his age. The Stoic philosophy which Seneca professed in his writings, later supported by Marcus Aurelius, provided Rome with a passable bridge to Christianity. Seneca's major contribution to Stoicism was to spiritualize and humanize a system which could appear cold and unrealistic. Selected from the Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, these letters illustrate the upright ideals admired by the Stoics and extol the good way of life as seen from their standpoint. They also reveal how far in advance of his time were many of…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 1969
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/30/1969
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.68" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Introduction


Seneca's Life


Seneca and Philosophy


Seneca and Literature


His letters and other writings


His style


His influence and appeal


Note on translation and text


Postscript


Letters


Notes


Bibliography



Tacitus' account of Seneca's death


Index of persons and places